August 2009 Archives

After about four  successful projects in February, the doors of opportunity seemed to lock out on us. For close to one and a half months there was no job forthcoming. Although clients kept on inquiring, none materialized into an actual borehole.  In April the doors seemed to open up a little, but it turned out that con artists were trying to get us into trouble. Towards the end of May the doors opened up a little more. We did a borehole in Western Kenya, 70m depth which turned out to be successful with a 5m³ yield. After that another two boreholes in Yatta materialized, Mungukya and Kavingo, again, both were successful. God had remembered us. We went back to Western and did another borehole of 100m but unfortunately, this one was not as successful. Two more boreholes in Kibwezi followed, the latter of the two is almost complete and several others are lined up. It is wonderful to have so much work to do and to be able to reach out to communities in need through water provision. We thank God for opening up the doors. Below is a more specific brief on each of the recent boreholes:

1. MUNGUKYA WATER PROJECT, KATANGI – YATTA

 Yatta is in Eastern Province of Kenya, a region in Kenya that constantly experiences prolonged dry climatic spells. Most of it is semi-arid with a few scattered water sources from streams and seasonal rives. This borehole was drilled for domestic community use on 19^th to 21^st June 2009 up to 100m depth. Unfortunately it did not have a high water yield, achieving only 0.8m³.

2. KAVINGO PRIMARY SCHOOL - KISESINI, YATTA

Drilled between 26^th and 30^th June 2009 up to 168m depth, the borehole yielded 3m³. It will serve the local primary school and its neighboring community for domestic water.

3. MUNDUNGU SALVATION ARMY PRIMARY SCHOOL – SABATIA

Drilled to 76m for domestic community use the borehole behaved in a funny way. There were two aquifers encountered while drilling, supplying enough water to finish the drilling process. However, on its completion, and after flushing the borehole, it dried up, yielding nothing at all but air. The community water officers are still trying to establish the way forward, whether to deepen it or drill at another site.  The drilling process took two days, from 11^th – 12^th July 2009.

4. KIBWEZI BOREHOLES:

100m and 130m boreholes started on 21^st July 2009 and currently on the 2^nd of the two boreholes. The first was successful and the second is also proving to be successful as it is almost complete with good water yield.